# Amputations at Tex-Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `2016053827` · 5/5/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tex-Tube Company
- **Location:** 1503 N POST OAK RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was positioning a pipe on a pipe straightener. His finger was caught between the pipe and the pipe roller resulting in the amputation of the right ring fingertip involving some bone loss.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*